Comments on: Magellan Maestro 4250, 3250 GPS: REVIEW

By: Cara

Cara — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:40:44 +0000

I just purchasesed a Navigon 7200t GPS. How does this compare to the Garmin nuvii and the magellon maestro 4250 in ease in use, reliability

By: John

John — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:52:51 +0000

I currently own a Navigon 7200T. It gave me a totally incorrect direction to travel to a destination. I am considering the purchase of a Magellan Maestro 5310, 5″ screen. Do you have any info on this unit?

By: Nichole

Nichole — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:10:14 +0000

Faulty Port!!!

I must agree. I have had my magellan 3250 since summer of 2008. I use my frequently for my job as a case manager. The machine initially kept going into sleep mode and then the original adapter broke. I purchased an I-Go charger and the problem persisted .

Other problems:
I didn’t like that it would take minutes for the machine to figure out where I was when I turned it on after being in an area different from where I last had it on.
The bluetooth speaker phone wasn’t loud enough to hear people while driving.
It was difficult to save a location from the map.

The port stopped working Feb. 2009. I am going to have to by another GPS.

By: Maggie Brown

Maggie Brown — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:24:01 +0000

I would agree with KMac. I wasn’t even offered a new unit at any discount. Basically I was out of luck because Magellan does not deal with out of waranty problems. I had it just over a year though I had called just before the year was up. Unfortunately I did not have the receipt and knew there was not enough time to get a replacement receipt. I told them that the port construction was faulty and I was willing to bet that other units had failed in this manner. I had or have a 4040 Maestro series.

We hardly used the unit except for a week’s trip to Santa Fe. Magellan has problems

By: George K.C.

George K.C. — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:11:19 +0000

My wife worked as a Homehealth nurse for a brief period in 2007 during which, we bought a Magellan Maestro (I think it was 4240; if not, 4000). During the two or three months we actively used it, there were no problems at all. However, when we took it on a trip tp San Antonio, it just kept going into sleep mode right in the middle of the highway, a function that occurs only when you turn your car off and the power supply to the unit is, thus, disabled! Of course, we had charged the unit through our wall unit at home before the trip and also, after we had been through the mid-highway tragedy. Later we spoke to Customer service, and tried the various methods they suggested, but to no avail. Finally, we returned the unit back to Costco from where it was initially purchased. Bless the Lord, we got a full refund for the system. I do not think I will go for a Magellan again.

By: KMac

KMac — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:28:49 +0000

I have just been on to Magellan’s technical support center and had a most disappointing experience. I bought a Maestro 4000 just over a year ago – in fact 2 weeks outside the 12 month warranty period, and it has broken – the electrical port will not hold the electric lead and it falls out of the socket after a few seconds, the result of this is that the unit cannot be recharged. The help center offered me a replacement unit at a 20% discount on the full price which I found to be a TOTAL insult considering the one I have is just a year old and they have not offered to fix it!! Please Please be aware of this very poor standard of customer service before you purchase from Magellan as it is not worth the trouble when something goes wrong. I now have to buy a new unit – & guess what – Magellan are the last company on my list.

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